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Chicago examiner ol xvi no 53-a m c â€¢ â€¢ â€¢ sunday Chicago july 2 1916 sunday price fj^f aillies smash 25-mile german lines gain 5 miles capture s town french and british take 5,500 captives fricourt tottering by international news service unprecedented offensive sweeps both sides of somme british lose part of gains battle still going on london july r the british and french have started a tremendous offensive on a front of twenty-five miles extend ing from below the somme to gommecourt north of the ancre the entire german first line of trenches along this front has been captured and eight villages and 5,500 prisoners have been taken three other villages although still held by the ger mans are in imminent danger of capture french announce great advance the official report of the battle received from paris at mid night follows : to the north and south of the somme after artillery preparation and reconnoitering actions during the last few days the anglo-french troops this morning opened an offensive on a front of about forty kilometers twenty-five miles in the morning and during the afternoon on the whole of the front of attack the allied > troops took the first line of german positons to the north of the somme french troops established themselves in the outskirts of the village of hardecourt and in the edges of cudru where the fighting still continues to the south of the somme the villages of dompierre becquincourt bussu and fay fell into our hands the french troops alone captured more than 3,500 unwounded german prisoners during the day on the left bank of the meuse there was a violent bombardment in the entire region from hill no 304 to morthomme on the right bank of the meuse at 10 o'clock in the morning our in fantry attacked the thiaumont works and again captured them british capture 7 mile labyrinthe the british headquarters report to-night says : heavy fighting continued all day between the rivers somme and ancre and north of the ancre as far as and including gommecourt the fighting on this whole front continues with intensity on the right of our attack we captured a german labyrinth of trenches on a front of seven miles to a depth of 1,000 yards and stormed and occupied the strongly fortified villages of montauban and mametz in the center of our attack on a front of four miles we gained many strong points while at others the enemy is still holding out the strug gle on this front is still severe from the north of the ancre valley to and including gommecourt the battle was equally violent in this region we were unable to retain portions of the ground we gained in our first attacks while other por tions-remain in our possession to date more than 2.000 german prisoners have passed through our collecting stations including two regimental commanders and one whole regimental staff a large number of enemy dead on the battle field indicates that the german casualties were very severe especially in the vicinity of fricourt during the night parties of our troops penetrated the german l trenches at various points between souchez and ypres in each case in flicting casualties on the garrisons before withdrawing a raiding party captured sixteen prisoners . cut twenty-five-mile gash in line the greatest gain marked by either army was on the right j wing of the front stormed by the british where a wedge was driven into the german lines as far as and including the fortified village of montauban five and a half miles east of albert albert was a short distance behind the old british front the net result of the day from reports at hand show that the anglo-french armies cut a gash twenty-five miles wide in the german front breaking through from a depth of from three-quarters of a mile to several miles terrific fighting is proceeding along this entire front to-night with the germans in some places delivering a violent counter of fensive especially severe battles are raging around fricourt which is reported almost surrounded by the british and in thr vicinity of gommecourt on the northern end of the line in this section the british were forced to give up part of their early gains before the strong fire and counter attacks of the germans the allies to-night hold the villages of serre laboiselle montauban mametz dompwy^bocquincourt bussu and j mm fourwlattei i â– ihm-iv l who h'-'i'gl^^hj unknown by frederickbi frederick palmer m vantage on milfl furious conflict fl british strike crash and rob and glitter come thrcujl thousands falÃŸ accredited to the fh official Ã¼bwrver ifl ic.-in iv,^m yvritish head^rag j today !â– pected hi ;''â€¢:!.-â– the co-operatÃŸ pierced ÃŸ five-mile froiiwlnh depth of more thaijh had captured four tvj woods behind the gernmh the towns of sei la boiselle anu mli^^b order named before tim tack while the french vh the woods of curlu ancjfl the british right am fricourt factfs tfjm encircling movemu at the hour jf fllinc^h the british also hadsl town of beaumonthame^h had almost completed v steel about the importh base of fricourt which^h mediate object of the da lages of orvillers and fl under attack while contalmaison rritiis each holding one sflr^^^b were fighting for ita j gommecourt salient is sfl the british who are pru great energy from both sfl attack opens m on twenty-mile frjm the sector in which tfl line was broken lies in flj the somme and the ancrflj line from which he Â£â– french advanced stretchh east of south frpm the h bert i ja l he general aj^k jam i a two ini'e frflj j of the somme 1 | sector that the nflj ! man line was i ! and the niiautrflj ' a,k am a h m the kmaea flj within the wpj sui'h a huge mo^flj greatest of*a undertaken i'v to m prisoners liadfl arrival^h ta'am couio^h army men peed up few days i s will take drastic action if recent note is ignored beyond monday washing ton believes break likely late department warns car iranza to hasten reply but â– military men are glad of â– time to prepare for break bmexico city july i.â€”authori ftbc ad ices from official sources k to-day indicated a reply to hsident wilson's note would be warded within forty-eight hours wtashington july 1 â€” the hfy war department speeded up v * preparations for the mexican himpaign to-day confident that war rtween the united states and mex o is only a matter of days v secretary of war baker's military bdvisers are not concerned over the belay in the arrival of carranza's bply although the patience of white bpnse and state department officials bpeared to be strained almost to the point when the sixth day h'iscd without response to the amer fln demands b/ay gives chance army brmy chiefs hope the carranza re bwill not arrive before the middle biext week because every day's de hgives them an additional number brsoldiers with which to swell the borces on the border b by the middle of next week army bificials believe the bulk of the ua bwal guard either will be on the br en route or ready to entrain ben the house recessed to-day iwednesday officers of the gen expressed gratification beans that president wilson be able to appear before h before wednesday and the is given that much ime to rush men guns and to the border t prepare h to launch its mexican miii soon as the orders arc given mbelieves i inevitable hstaff officers are paying no hthe possibility of settlement with mexico by diplo hclianges they are not con the talk of mediation to â– war in the eyes of the â– r is here â– ilitary men who are charged he task of preparing for war hling to permit the state de to exchange notes and dis while they are ihc in soldiers mobilizing and supples and predar fight officers interpret preaidem b speeches as being intended to give notice to the world â– united states has sought o fiwlr yi ' nfi ' iplÂ«!e k finley barrell's son saved from river dies while bathing at a private beach on the 1200,000 estate his father had established solely as a health resort for him john w barrell only son of mr and mrs finley barrell was seized aith cramps yesterday and al though saved from drowning ditto two hours later from a hemorrhage the young man was a business part ner of his father wealthy board tff trade member he was graduated rtff cently from yale uÂ»jfef mm j helpless 2mm llilll ull^fl address by casement should show england just course in ireland the presbyterian hospital seventieth street and madison avenue new york june 30 1916 to the editor of the examiner please write an editorial on sir roger casement's speech it seems to me a wonderful effort and tells a fundamental truth about the attitude of englishmen toward irishmen and in fact toward everybody except englishmen â€ž england learned by the loss of the american colonies that she could not treat english colonies with absolute selfishness and injustice and still retain their loyalty england since then has been more considerate of english colonies but england has not learned that she cannot treat ire land with brutal selfishness and injustice even with stupid race hatred and religious prejudice and expect loyalty there and as casement said loyalty is sentiment not law â€” it rests on love and not restraint england can probably never learn the lesson of ireland until there has been a wholly successful irish rebellion a rebellion as successful as the revolution of our colonies then she will learn that in otder to have a united empire it is necessary for every unit of that empire to be on terms of exact equality with every other unit and for justice to prevail in all this lesson is more important to england than it is to ire land because the whole future of the british empire depends on it therefore any man like casement trying to teach england that lesson should be even more honored in england than he is in ireland of course englishmen cannot understand or appreciate these facts at this time they learn like the dull boy at school â€” only through the application of the rod but those enlightened minds throughout the world who genu inely love liberty and equality and who appreciate the value of liberty and equality in framing the greatness of a state and in cementing the loyalty of a people will hail casement as a leader in thought and a hero in deed , william randolph hearst editorial note the editorial which mr hearst requests will appear in to-morrow's monday's examiner pair go hiking to hide bride three days ago there vÂ»_o a happy wedding at gray's lake 111 where miss elizabeth kieusenaick daugh ter of dr charles kieusenaick of Chicago was married to elmer d burge of w r aukegan and yesterday the newly wed couple haggard bedraggled haunt ed by strange illusions were found wandering along the wabash rail road tracks about eight miles from goshen ind they were not able to irivc any adequate explanation but mrs burge said her husband had be come obsessed with a fear that ene mies were following him to take away his bride the fear became un bearable she said so that she final ly consented to leave the train with him and hide from the enemies sheriff scott thomas of goshen took the two in charge and is holding them until relatives come to take them away thomas is convinced he says that burge is a victim of sud den insanity casement case stirs america washington july i president wilson has let it be known that he will do everything consistent with propriety to obtain clemency for sir koger casement the irish patriot convicted of treason and sentenced by a british court to be hanged secretary lansing has been re quested to look into the matter and determine what steps if any may properly be taken by this govern ment it is possible that ambassa dor page at london will be instruct ed to make informal inquiries of the british foreign office before official action by this government is taken an official said to-day it is prob able that some of the hundreds of appeals telegraphed to mr wilson and asking him to intercede in be half of sir roger will be submitted to the british government as to the question of sir roger's offense or his mental condition offi cials here are disinclined to express an opinion even privately in view of the possibility that the state de partment will act to the extent of calling the attention of the british foreign office to the interest in this country in sir roger's fate the sympathy for sir roger arises from two causes he is admired by some for his romantic loyalty to ire land and pitied by others for what they consider his insanity the nature of the appeals show that many in america who have no sympathy with irish republican idea3 will be inclined to hold the british ' ' - v amll ' fli u s troops drawn in to face attack by joseph timmons funston disputes rumors that mexicans have pershing on i run no early withdrawal mexican band invades texas and steals horses chase even across the border is ordered san antonio july 1 â€” a lam warning to americans to get ont of mexico hnn been issued by the state department emphasis is laid on the fact that neglect may be attended by fatal consequences american consuls in mexico who hnve been withdrawn from their posts and are now in san antonio have been instructed to at tempt through private or personal channels to transmit it to americans resident in their districts i staff correÃŸpondent of international xew-h service san antonio july 1 â€” general funston said thei evening any idea entertained by mexicans that they had pershing on the run because his column has been drawn back from namiquipa was entirely mistaken equally unfounded he said was the assumption by part of the american public that this move presaged early withdrawal of the column from mex ico i ordered general pershing to withdraw from the advanced posi tions below el valle said general funston the order did not come to me from washington the line was too far extended for a com paratively small body of troops be yond el valle with dangerous passes on the line of communication and a large body of mexican troops be tween we might have met serious disaster 1,1 n1 : run's 200 miles the line still extends to el valle about 200 miles from the base at columbus to pull back the ad vanced columns to el valle and still leave the main column extended that distance in mexico can scarcely be called a display of timorousness pershing's troops will hold their present positions unless of course the order comes from washington to withdraw them so far no order in dicating any such intimation has come to me the order to withdraw from namiquipa and vicinity leaving el valle the advanced position orig inated with me no suggestion that it be done came from washington mexican's invade texas eight mexicans invaded texas last night near old fort hancock fiftj four miles down the rio grande from el paso and stole a number of horses their trail has been located and captain leroy eltinge of the eighth cavalry has orders from gen eral funston to cross the river after them if he has good reason to be lieve they can be found on the mex ican side but eltinge's orders are that he must be careful to avoid contact with carranzista soldiers general pershing reported to gen eral funston to-day that an aero plane reconnoisance over the region of guzman this morning had disclosed the mexicans did not have any con siderable number of troops there nothing like the 2.000 men which re ports made by refugees arriving at el paso over the mexican northwest ern railroad had placed there posters have been tacked up and circulars distributed in namiquipa and las cruces railing at the con tinued occupation of mexican soil by the gringos mexicans fire across border at u s patrol hri mexi arrnwtm line fired a shot rol by border â– the kifcrd re â– two fljfl a^jk'iiÃŸ sears adds tosavin6s of workers mail order company will place 5 per cent of annual profits into bank for its employes toiler to get average of 1.91 bonus for every dollar he deposits out of his salary every employe of sears roebuck & co yesterday was given the op portunity to join a savings and profit-sharing plan worked out by the company by which he puts 5 per cent of his salary into a savings ac count and the company puts into the savings accounts for the employes 5 per cent of its net earnings taking the net profits of the firm for 1915 and the june pay roll as a basis for every dollar of his salary an employe puts into the savings de partment the company puts in 1.91 for him on this basis the firm will give to its employes 550,900 annu ally on the same basis ah employe earning 20 a week would at the end of fifteen years have put 780 into the fund but by the contributions of the firm and the interest allowed he would have to his credit 3,428.45 if he should keep up the plan for thirty years he would have a fund of 10,556 of which he would have paid but 1,560 from his savings mist work three years in the notice distributed yesterday among its employes the firm makes clear the conditions under which em ployes may participate among the rules are these after three years of service an employe may participate but par ticipation is entirely voluntary no employe may deposit more than 5 per cent of his salary and not more than 150 a year so that high salaried men cannot share too large ly any depositor may withdraw al his deposits at any time with inter est at 5 per cent compounded semi annually if he has been an employe for ten years or more he may with draw not only his own deposit but that contributed by the company dowry for bride if the depositor be a woman with drawing to get married she may take her own savings and that con tributed by the firm as well in case of the death of a depos itor all his deposits and all the firm's contributions will be paid hi family this profit-sharing plan is entire ly independent of what is known as the anniversary check plan by which the firm gives a bonus to every employe receiving less than 1,500 a year when they have been in the firm's employ five years or more each such employe gets 5 per cent of a year's salary on the fifth anniversary of hia employment 6 per cent on his sixth anniversary and so on until those who have been employed ten years or more get yearly a bonus of 10 per cent of their yearly pay u s weather forecast Chicago and vicinity â€” fair and warmer sunday monday partly clondy gentle to moderate variable winds tempekature far twenty four hours endinj at 2 a m highest 70i loitest 63 1 mean 70 normal temperature for the day 71 excess of temperature itnee january i 216 r degree precipitation for twenty-four hours ending at 7 p m none excew since january 1 s.lo inches relatlte humidity 7 a m so 2 p m 65 7 p m gt barometric preaeura reduced to sea levÂ»l 7 a jl 30.07 7 m 20.95 fc tt^da>-^_jl sunset 7 p bis edition consists of h-ivevts 6 â€” city life > j news drama \ f â– financial r â€” vsant ads f autos me â€ž, Â„ h-bditorial > __, â€ž lllic â€ž mt i'eniiir u â€” hotosravurc i l v , 5 ill â€” mou mas â– clubs w â– < > jasÃŸÃŸÃŸÃŸÃŸÃŸaaaaaaaaaaaaehj

Chicago examiner ol xvi no 53-a m c â€¢ â€¢ â€¢ sunday Chicago july 2 1916 sunday price fj^f aillies smash 25-mile german lines gain 5 miles capture s town french and british take 5,500 captives fricourt tottering by international news service unprecedented offensive sweeps both sides of somme british lose part of gains battle still going on london july r the british and french have started a tremendous offensive on a front of twenty-five miles extend ing from below the somme to gommecourt north of the ancre the entire german first line of trenches along this front has been captured and eight villages and 5,500 prisoners have been taken three other villages although still held by the ger mans are in imminent danger of capture french announce great advance the official report of the battle received from paris at mid night follows : to the north and south of the somme after artillery preparation and reconnoitering actions during the last few days the anglo-french troops this morning opened an offensive on a front of about forty kilometers twenty-five miles in the morning and during the afternoon on the whole of the front of attack the allied > troops took the first line of german positons to the north of the somme french troops established themselves in the outskirts of the village of hardecourt and in the edges of cudru where the fighting still continues to the south of the somme the villages of dompierre becquincourt bussu and fay fell into our hands the french troops alone captured more than 3,500 unwounded german prisoners during the day on the left bank of the meuse there was a violent bombardment in the entire region from hill no 304 to morthomme on the right bank of the meuse at 10 o'clock in the morning our in fantry attacked the thiaumont works and again captured them british capture 7 mile labyrinthe the british headquarters report to-night says : heavy fighting continued all day between the rivers somme and ancre and north of the ancre as far as and including gommecourt the fighting on this whole front continues with intensity on the right of our attack we captured a german labyrinth of trenches on a front of seven miles to a depth of 1,000 yards and stormed and occupied the strongly fortified villages of montauban and mametz in the center of our attack on a front of four miles we gained many strong points while at others the enemy is still holding out the strug gle on this front is still severe from the north of the ancre valley to and including gommecourt the battle was equally violent in this region we were unable to retain portions of the ground we gained in our first attacks while other por tions-remain in our possession to date more than 2.000 german prisoners have passed through our collecting stations including two regimental commanders and one whole regimental staff a large number of enemy dead on the battle field indicates that the german casualties were very severe especially in the vicinity of fricourt during the night parties of our troops penetrated the german l trenches at various points between souchez and ypres in each case in flicting casualties on the garrisons before withdrawing a raiding party captured sixteen prisoners . cut twenty-five-mile gash in line the greatest gain marked by either army was on the right j wing of the front stormed by the british where a wedge was driven into the german lines as far as and including the fortified village of montauban five and a half miles east of albert albert was a short distance behind the old british front the net result of the day from reports at hand show that the anglo-french armies cut a gash twenty-five miles wide in the german front breaking through from a depth of from three-quarters of a mile to several miles terrific fighting is proceeding along this entire front to-night with the germans in some places delivering a violent counter of fensive especially severe battles are raging around fricourt which is reported almost surrounded by the british and in thr vicinity of gommecourt on the northern end of the line in this section the british were forced to give up part of their early gains before the strong fire and counter attacks of the germans the allies to-night hold the villages of serre laboiselle montauban mametz dompwy^bocquincourt bussu and j mm fourwlattei i â– ihm-iv l who h'-'i'gl^^hj unknown by frederickbi frederick palmer m vantage on milfl furious conflict fl british strike crash and rob and glitter come thrcujl thousands falÃŸ accredited to the fh official Ã¼bwrver ifl ic.-in iv,^m yvritish head^rag j today !â– pected hi ;''â€¢:!.-â– the co-operatÃŸ pierced ÃŸ five-mile froiiwlnh depth of more thaijh had captured four tvj woods behind the gernmh the towns of sei la boiselle anu mli^^b order named before tim tack while the french vh the woods of curlu ancjfl the british right am fricourt factfs tfjm encircling movemu at the hour jf fllinc^h the british also hadsl town of beaumonthame^h had almost completed v steel about the importh base of fricourt which^h mediate object of the da lages of orvillers and fl under attack while contalmaison rritiis each holding one sflr^^^b were fighting for ita j gommecourt salient is sfl the british who are pru great energy from both sfl attack opens m on twenty-mile frjm the sector in which tfl line was broken lies in flj the somme and the ancrflj line from which he Â£â– french advanced stretchh east of south frpm the h bert i ja l he general aj^k jam i a two ini'e frflj j of the somme 1 | sector that the nflj ! man line was i ! and the niiautrflj ' a,k am a h m the kmaea flj within the wpj sui'h a huge mo^flj greatest of*a undertaken i'v to m prisoners liadfl arrival^h ta'am couio^h army men peed up few days i s will take drastic action if recent note is ignored beyond monday washing ton believes break likely late department warns car iranza to hasten reply but â– military men are glad of â– time to prepare for break bmexico city july i.â€”authori ftbc ad ices from official sources k to-day indicated a reply to hsident wilson's note would be warded within forty-eight hours wtashington july 1 â€” the hfy war department speeded up v * preparations for the mexican himpaign to-day confident that war rtween the united states and mex o is only a matter of days v secretary of war baker's military bdvisers are not concerned over the belay in the arrival of carranza's bply although the patience of white bpnse and state department officials bpeared to be strained almost to the point when the sixth day h'iscd without response to the amer fln demands b/ay gives chance army brmy chiefs hope the carranza re bwill not arrive before the middle biext week because every day's de hgives them an additional number brsoldiers with which to swell the borces on the border b by the middle of next week army bificials believe the bulk of the ua bwal guard either will be on the br en route or ready to entrain ben the house recessed to-day iwednesday officers of the gen expressed gratification beans that president wilson be able to appear before h before wednesday and the is given that much ime to rush men guns and to the border t prepare h to launch its mexican miii soon as the orders arc given mbelieves i inevitable hstaff officers are paying no hthe possibility of settlement with mexico by diplo hclianges they are not con the talk of mediation to â– war in the eyes of the â– r is here â– ilitary men who are charged he task of preparing for war hling to permit the state de to exchange notes and dis while they are ihc in soldiers mobilizing and supples and predar fight officers interpret preaidem b speeches as being intended to give notice to the world â– united states has sought o fiwlr yi ' nfi ' iplÂ«!e k finley barrell's son saved from river dies while bathing at a private beach on the 1200,000 estate his father had established solely as a health resort for him john w barrell only son of mr and mrs finley barrell was seized aith cramps yesterday and al though saved from drowning ditto two hours later from a hemorrhage the young man was a business part ner of his father wealthy board tff trade member he was graduated rtff cently from yale uÂ»jfef mm j helpless 2mm llilll ull^fl address by casement should show england just course in ireland the presbyterian hospital seventieth street and madison avenue new york june 30 1916 to the editor of the examiner please write an editorial on sir roger casement's speech it seems to me a wonderful effort and tells a fundamental truth about the attitude of englishmen toward irishmen and in fact toward everybody except englishmen â€ž england learned by the loss of the american colonies that she could not treat english colonies with absolute selfishness and injustice and still retain their loyalty england since then has been more considerate of english colonies but england has not learned that she cannot treat ire land with brutal selfishness and injustice even with stupid race hatred and religious prejudice and expect loyalty there and as casement said loyalty is sentiment not law â€” it rests on love and not restraint england can probably never learn the lesson of ireland until there has been a wholly successful irish rebellion a rebellion as successful as the revolution of our colonies then she will learn that in otder to have a united empire it is necessary for every unit of that empire to be on terms of exact equality with every other unit and for justice to prevail in all this lesson is more important to england than it is to ire land because the whole future of the british empire depends on it therefore any man like casement trying to teach england that lesson should be even more honored in england than he is in ireland of course englishmen cannot understand or appreciate these facts at this time they learn like the dull boy at school â€” only through the application of the rod but those enlightened minds throughout the world who genu inely love liberty and equality and who appreciate the value of liberty and equality in framing the greatness of a state and in cementing the loyalty of a people will hail casement as a leader in thought and a hero in deed , william randolph hearst editorial note the editorial which mr hearst requests will appear in to-morrow's monday's examiner pair go hiking to hide bride three days ago there vÂ»_o a happy wedding at gray's lake 111 where miss elizabeth kieusenaick daugh ter of dr charles kieusenaick of Chicago was married to elmer d burge of w r aukegan and yesterday the newly wed couple haggard bedraggled haunt ed by strange illusions were found wandering along the wabash rail road tracks about eight miles from goshen ind they were not able to irivc any adequate explanation but mrs burge said her husband had be come obsessed with a fear that ene mies were following him to take away his bride the fear became un bearable she said so that she final ly consented to leave the train with him and hide from the enemies sheriff scott thomas of goshen took the two in charge and is holding them until relatives come to take them away thomas is convinced he says that burge is a victim of sud den insanity casement case stirs america washington july i president wilson has let it be known that he will do everything consistent with propriety to obtain clemency for sir koger casement the irish patriot convicted of treason and sentenced by a british court to be hanged secretary lansing has been re quested to look into the matter and determine what steps if any may properly be taken by this govern ment it is possible that ambassa dor page at london will be instruct ed to make informal inquiries of the british foreign office before official action by this government is taken an official said to-day it is prob able that some of the hundreds of appeals telegraphed to mr wilson and asking him to intercede in be half of sir roger will be submitted to the british government as to the question of sir roger's offense or his mental condition offi cials here are disinclined to express an opinion even privately in view of the possibility that the state de partment will act to the extent of calling the attention of the british foreign office to the interest in this country in sir roger's fate the sympathy for sir roger arises from two causes he is admired by some for his romantic loyalty to ire land and pitied by others for what they consider his insanity the nature of the appeals show that many in america who have no sympathy with irish republican idea3 will be inclined to hold the british ' ' - v amll ' fli u s troops drawn in to face attack by joseph timmons funston disputes rumors that mexicans have pershing on i run no early withdrawal mexican band invades texas and steals horses chase even across the border is ordered san antonio july 1 â€” a lam warning to americans to get ont of mexico hnn been issued by the state department emphasis is laid on the fact that neglect may be attended by fatal consequences american consuls in mexico who hnve been withdrawn from their posts and are now in san antonio have been instructed to at tempt through private or personal channels to transmit it to americans resident in their districts i staff correÃŸpondent of international xew-h service san antonio july 1 â€” general funston said thei evening any idea entertained by mexicans that they had pershing on the run because his column has been drawn back from namiquipa was entirely mistaken equally unfounded he said was the assumption by part of the american public that this move presaged early withdrawal of the column from mex ico i ordered general pershing to withdraw from the advanced posi tions below el valle said general funston the order did not come to me from washington the line was too far extended for a com paratively small body of troops be yond el valle with dangerous passes on the line of communication and a large body of mexican troops be tween we might have met serious disaster 1,1 n1 : run's 200 miles the line still extends to el valle about 200 miles from the base at columbus to pull back the ad vanced columns to el valle and still leave the main column extended that distance in mexico can scarcely be called a display of timorousness pershing's troops will hold their present positions unless of course the order comes from washington to withdraw them so far no order in dicating any such intimation has come to me the order to withdraw from namiquipa and vicinity leaving el valle the advanced position orig inated with me no suggestion that it be done came from washington mexican's invade texas eight mexicans invaded texas last night near old fort hancock fiftj four miles down the rio grande from el paso and stole a number of horses their trail has been located and captain leroy eltinge of the eighth cavalry has orders from gen eral funston to cross the river after them if he has good reason to be lieve they can be found on the mex ican side but eltinge's orders are that he must be careful to avoid contact with carranzista soldiers general pershing reported to gen eral funston to-day that an aero plane reconnoisance over the region of guzman this morning had disclosed the mexicans did not have any con siderable number of troops there nothing like the 2.000 men which re ports made by refugees arriving at el paso over the mexican northwest ern railroad had placed there posters have been tacked up and circulars distributed in namiquipa and las cruces railing at the con tinued occupation of mexican soil by the gringos mexicans fire across border at u s patrol hri mexi arrnwtm line fired a shot rol by border â– the kifcrd re â– two fljfl a^jk'iiÃŸ sears adds tosavin6s of workers mail order company will place 5 per cent of annual profits into bank for its employes toiler to get average of 1.91 bonus for every dollar he deposits out of his salary every employe of sears roebuck & co yesterday was given the op portunity to join a savings and profit-sharing plan worked out by the company by which he puts 5 per cent of his salary into a savings ac count and the company puts into the savings accounts for the employes 5 per cent of its net earnings taking the net profits of the firm for 1915 and the june pay roll as a basis for every dollar of his salary an employe puts into the savings de partment the company puts in 1.91 for him on this basis the firm will give to its employes 550,900 annu ally on the same basis ah employe earning 20 a week would at the end of fifteen years have put 780 into the fund but by the contributions of the firm and the interest allowed he would have to his credit 3,428.45 if he should keep up the plan for thirty years he would have a fund of 10,556 of which he would have paid but 1,560 from his savings mist work three years in the notice distributed yesterday among its employes the firm makes clear the conditions under which em ployes may participate among the rules are these after three years of service an employe may participate but par ticipation is entirely voluntary no employe may deposit more than 5 per cent of his salary and not more than 150 a year so that high salaried men cannot share too large ly any depositor may withdraw al his deposits at any time with inter est at 5 per cent compounded semi annually if he has been an employe for ten years or more he may with draw not only his own deposit but that contributed by the company dowry for bride if the depositor be a woman with drawing to get married she may take her own savings and that con tributed by the firm as well in case of the death of a depos itor all his deposits and all the firm's contributions will be paid hi family this profit-sharing plan is entire ly independent of what is known as the anniversary check plan by which the firm gives a bonus to every employe receiving less than 1,500 a year when they have been in the firm's employ five years or more each such employe gets 5 per cent of a year's salary on the fifth anniversary of hia employment 6 per cent on his sixth anniversary and so on until those who have been employed ten years or more get yearly a bonus of 10 per cent of their yearly pay u s weather forecast Chicago and vicinity â€” fair and warmer sunday monday partly clondy gentle to moderate variable winds tempekature far twenty four hours endinj at 2 a m highest 70i loitest 63 1 mean 70 normal temperature for the day 71 excess of temperature itnee january i 216 r degree precipitation for twenty-four hours ending at 7 p m none excew since january 1 s.lo inches relatlte humidity 7 a m so 2 p m 65 7 p m gt barometric preaeura reduced to sea levÂ»l 7 a jl 30.07 7 m 20.95 fc tt^da>-^_jl sunset 7 p bis edition consists of h-ivevts 6 â€” city life > j news drama \ f â– financial r â€” vsant ads f autos me â€ž, Â„ h-bditorial > __, â€ž lllic â€ž mt i'eniiir u â€” hotosravurc i l v , 5 ill â€” mou mas â– clubs w â– < > jasÃŸÃŸÃŸÃŸÃŸÃŸaaaaaaaaaaaaehj